Human prostate cancer risk factors

DG Bostwick, HB Burke, D Djakiew… - … Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer has the highest prevalence of any nonskin cancer in the human body, with
similar likelihood of neoplastic foci found within the prostates of men around the world …

Hereditary prostate cancer: clinical aspects

O Bratt - The Journal of urology, 2002 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We review the current epidemiological and genetic knowledge regarding
hereditary prostate cancer, and outline its clinical implications. Materials and Methods …

[HTML][HTML] An epidemiological reappraisal of the familial aggregation of prostate cancer: a meta-analysis

M Kiciński, J Vangronsveld, TS Nawrot - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Studies on familial aggregation of cancer may suggest an overall contribution of inherited
genes or a shared environment in the development of malignant disease. We performed a …

Family history and probability of prostate cancer, differentiated by risk category: a nationwide population-based study

O Bratt, L Drevin, O Akre, H Garmo… - Journal of the National …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Familial prostate cancer risk estimates are inflated by clinically insignificant low-
risk cancer, diagnosed after prostate-specific antigen testing. We provide age-specific …

Genetic cancer risk assessment and counseling: recommendations of the national society of genetic counselors

A Trepanier, M Ahrens, W McKinnon… - Journal of genetic …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
These cancer genetic counseling recommendations describe the medical, psychosocial,
and ethical ramifications of identifying at‐risk individuals through cancer risk assessment …

Relative risk of prostate cancer for men with affected relatives: systematic review and meta‐analysis

D Watkins Bruner, D Moore, A Parlanti… - … journal of cancer, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
An increased risk of prostate cancer associated with a family history of prostate cancer has
been documented in multiple published reports. Risk has been shown to vary by degree of …

Phorate exposure and incidence of cancer in the agricultural health study

R Mahajan, MR Bonner, JA Hoppin… - Environmental Health …, 2006 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background We recently reported a link between use of the organophosphate pesticide
phorate and risk of prostate cancer among applicators with a family history of prostate …

Cellular and molecular pathology of prostate cancer precursors

CS Foster, DG Bostwick, H Bonkhoff… - … Journal of Urology …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Prostate cancer is usually heterogeneous and multifocal, with diverse clinical and
morphologic manifestations. Current understanding of the molecular basis for this …

Modelling multivariate failure time associations in the presence of a competing risk

K Bandeen‐Roche, KY Liang - Biometrika, 2002 - academic.oup.com
There has been much research on analysing multivariate failure times, but little that has
accommodated failures that arise in the presence of a competing failure process. This paper …

Prostate cancer screening in men with a family history of prostate cancer: the role of partners in influencing men's screening uptake

B Meiser, R Cowan, A Costello, GG Giles… - Urology, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of the partners, as well as other sociodemographic and
psychological factors, in influencing prostate cancer screening uptake among men with a …